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Plane diverted to KCI for woman who wouldn’t stop singing Houston song

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An unscheduled stop for a Los Angeles to New York flight happened right here in Kansas City last week — all for an unscheduled performance by a lyrical lady on board.

While it might be perfectly acceptable in the shower or maybe a really, really… really bad night of karaoke, but not on a packed American Airlines flight.

One woman decided to sing Whitney Houston’s iconic “I Will Always Love You” shortly after the plane took off from LAX on May 9 — but didn’t stop. And so the plane had to make a pit stop at KCI where the woman was pulled from the plane.

Bad singing might not be a crime, but it didn’t leave retired FBI agent Michael Tabman very amused.

“The other more generic crime is Interfering with the flight crew,” Tabman said. “We have to maintain control of the…